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This study aimed to estimate the prevalence and associated factors of violence against hospital security personnel and describe circumstances of violence, type of perpetrators, and victims\u2019 response.\n                  <\/ns4:p>\n                  <ns4:p>\n                    <ns4:bold>Methods:<\/ns4:bold>\n                    In total, 170 security personnel from a university hospital in Egypt were recruited in this cross-sectional study. Data were collected using the Arabic version of a questionnaire developed by the International Labour Office.\n                  <\/ns4:p>\n                  <ns4:p>\n                    <ns4:bold>Results:<\/ns4:bold>\n                    The majority (87.3%) of security personnel reported violence exposure in the past year. Being a woman and working more than 5 years were independent predictors of violence exposure. The commonest forms of physical violence were pushing and beating. Verbal abuse and threats were the commonest emotional violence. Patients and their relatives\/friends were the commonest perpetrators of violence.\n                  <\/ns4:p>\n                  <ns4:p>\n                    <ns4:bold>Conclusions:<\/ns4:bold>\n                    Violence is common among hospital security personnel in this setting. Adequate training and recruitment of more security personnel may contribute to decreasing violence.\n                  <\/ns4:p>","DOI":"10.12688\/f1000research.23252.1","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,5,11]],"date-time":"2020-05-11T11:05:56Z","timestamp":1589195156000},"page":"347","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.12688\/f1000research.crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":8,"title":["Workplace violence against security personnel at a university hospital in Egypt: a cross-sectional study"],"prefix":"10.12688","volume":"9","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9451-910X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ahmed A.","family":"Albadry","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Abdel-Hady","family":"El-Gilany","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Hala Samir","family":"Abou-ElWafa","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"2560","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2020,5,11]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref-1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"e113-7","DOI":"10.7812\/TPP\/14-187","article-title":"Workplace violence in the emergency department: giving staff the tools and support to report.","volume":"19","author":"J Stene","year":"2015","journal-title":"Perm J."},{"key":"ref-2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"59","DOI":"10.1186\/s13584-017-0183-y","article-title":"Violence against physicians and nurses in a hospital: How does it happen? 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